Albert Spaggiari

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Spaggiari was the dashing mastermind behind the Societe Generale bank vault robbery in Nice in the summer of 1976. Although the break-in itself was brilliant, it was what Spaggiari did after plundering the vault that makes him a legendary French badass. First, he treated his gang to a well-deserved picnic within the vault. Then, he left a taunting message for authorities that bragged of his brilliance ("without hatred, without violence, without weapons") before bolting with an estimated 60 million francs. Finally, during a court appearance following his capture, Spaggiari famously leaped from a two-story window onto the back of a waiting motorcycle and disappeared into the streets, never to be heard from again.